Human Development

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Degree Programs

The Human Development Program offers a 40-unit interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. The program does not currently offer a minor or a Master's degree. However, many Human Development majors obtain a minor in a related field, such as Anthropology, Gerontology, or Women's and Gender Studies.

Below are the major requirements for students who declare Human Development between August 2016 (for Fall 2016) and January 2019 (for Spring 2019). If you do not know when you declared the Human Development major, check your Academic Requirements Report (ARR) or unofficial transcript to view the semester you declared Human Development as your major. If you declared the Human Development major before Fall 2016, view the B.A. requirements listed in the appropriate archived catalog based on your catalog year, or on your ARR.

B.A. in Human Development

*Students must earn a C in all courses applied to the Human Development major*

Core (20 units)

HD 320 Culture and the Life Course (topic varies with each offering)* (4 units)

HD 321 Human Development Core Concepts* (4 units)

HD 322 Applied Human Development* (4 units)

HD 450 Research Methods in Human Development (4 units)

HD 490 Senior Project (taken in the last semester) (1 unit)

Topical Areas

Four courses, one from each topical area, taken from at least three different departments. For these purposes, EDXX courses count as the 'same department' (Education); GERN/SOCI cross-listed courses count as the 'same department' (Sociology).

Childhood and Adolescence (at least 1 course)

EDEC 220 Observing Child Development in the First 8 Years (4 units)

EDEC 420 Child Development in the Family, School and Community (GE-E) (3 units)

Any courses listed above that are not applied to topical areas or the core (3-4 units)

* HD 320, 321 and 322 meet the “12 units of HD 350” for students who declared the major before Fall 2018. Students who have HD 350 units left to complete will take one or more HD 32x courses to fulfill this requirement so long as the HD 32x course is not the same topic as the HD 350 they previously completed. Please see the HD coordinator if you have questions.